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zondag 25 mei 2014

Note to self: live Mindfully!

I have a subscription to a magazine called: The Flow, and a lot of the time there are these articles on mindfullness. It;s something that I can very much relate to in my busy life as a schoolteacher. The other day there was this drawing of a lady with ballons in the magazine. The only thing coloured was one brownish balloon, her face and hair. I decided to use her on my art journal page. I started the background by cutting out my lady and drawing her out on a piece of paper. I cut her out again thus making a mask which I used when putting down some modeling paste through a Crafters Workshop stencil. What was left over on modeling paste was used to make some more texture on the pages here and there and applied with a palet knife.

I then used only 2 colours of gelatos, Licorice and Snow Cone. I added them to the background and then used lots of water to let the colours run. I love the way it settled in all the nooks and crannies.

My lady had a plain white dress which I coloured in yellow with my Copic Markers. I found the skirt of the dress a bit dull so I decided to add pleats, which I thought worked out fine. I also colorued one of her ballons yelllow and added some shading on the brown balloon. Then I glued her down on my page.

I used gel medium to glue down some stitching yarn which acts as if it were a doodle. Like the effect.

The text was written by me; I always have trouble with my own handwriting on a page and usually I print out my text, but on this page, the text was quite personal and I wanted to write. Still not sure whether I like it though.

Beautiful journal page love the bright image against the fantastic background and love the texture and doodling string and you hand writing looks perfect on the page--thanks for joining us at Crafty GirlsCarol DT x

I'm curious, did you color your lady on white card stock with your copics? Or regular paper? I have been neglecting my Copics because I just love love love mixed media and am always looking to incorporate the copics into my mixed media. Great spread. I really love how the gelatos water down turned out. Love it. Thanks so much for playing along with us in our May ePlay Challenge.